US Patent Issued to Northwestern University on Oct. 20 for "Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing hernias" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,153, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Northwestern University (Evanston, Ill.).

"Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing hernias" was invented by Serdar E. Bulun (Evanston, Ill.) and Hong Zhao (Evanston, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and compositions for treating and/or preventing hernias in subjects in need thereof. The methods of treatment can include administering to the subject one or more therapeutic agents that modulate the activity of progesterone and/or the progesterone receptor in the subject."

The patent was filed on Dec. 12, 2024, under Application No. 18/978,320.

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